(also known sea swallow, blue angel, blue glaucus, blue dragon, blue sea slug and blue ocean slug)
(in Greek word it means "Shine turquoise blue")
The Glaucus atlanticus is a living thing because...
a) Grows and Develops:
Glaucus Atlanticus can grow up to about 30mm-80mm and weight between 3-100grams. They live month and a year, and they eat deadly venomous animals and keep the poison in their skin (can bite people).
b) Reproduce:
Glaucus Atlanticus has both male and female reproductive organs, mate with their right sides facing, after mating both Glaucus atlanticus produce the eggs strings. They lay their eggs on driftwood(objects) of even the skeletons of their victims(aniamls), Glaucus Atlanticus cares their babies until they have their own air sacs. When they are out of water, Glaucus.A. tent to roll into little balls and open up again onece they are placed back into water, some Glaucus.A. don't care their young. They produced 4-6 egg strings per hour with 36-96 eggs per string and a total of 3300-8900 eggs per day.
c) Responds environment:
They survive by their skin colours it has silvery grey, dark blue stripes on head. Glaucus.A. have similar colour as ocean on bottom so birds can't see that will and they flip their body to hide from the fish (silvery grey are the back).
Food
They eat deadly venomous animals (i.e.jellyfish) [They keep posion on their skin.]
Water
They need water to live
Air
Get air from there stomac air sac.
Habitat/ Live
East and South coast of South Africa, European waters, the eastcoast of Australia and Mozambique.
Family
Glaucidae, colsely realated to Glaucilla marginata (included in Glaucus).
1. Food Chain
My animal is the high animal that just humans can eat.
Glaucus atlanticus
(also known sea swallow, blue angel, blue glaucus, blue dragon, blue sea slug and blue ocean slug)
(in Greek word it means "Shine turquoise blue")
The Glaucus atlanticus is a living thing because...
a) Grows and Develops:
Glaucus Atlanticus can grow up to about 30mm-80mm and weight between 3-100grams. They live month and a year, and they eat deadly venomous animals and keep the poison in their skin (can bite people).
b) Reproduce:
Glaucus Atlanticus has both male and female reproductive organs, mate with their right sides facing, after mating both Glaucus atlanticus produce the eggs strings. They lay their eggs on driftwood(objects) of even the skeletons of their victims(aniamls), Glaucus Atlanticus cares their babies until they have their own air sacs. When they are out of water, Glaucus.A. tent to roll into little balls and open up again onece they are placed back into water, some Glaucus.A. don't care their young. They produced 4-6 egg strings per hour with 36-96 eggs per string and a total of 3300-8900 eggs per day.
c) Responds environment:
They survive by their skin colours it has silvery grey, dark blue stripes on head. Glaucus.A. have similar colour as ocean on bottom so birds can't see that will and they flip their body to hide from the fish (silvery grey are the back).
1. Food Chain
My animal is the high animal that just humans can eat.2. Wikipedia
(eating)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW5GJwzDqjc
Pictures--
(eating)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucus_atlanticus
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